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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines into primary EU law a wide array of fundamental rights enjoyed by EU citizens and residents. It became legally binding with the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009.

This section of the website encompasses Charterpedia, an online tool which provides easy-to-access information about the Charter and its provisions. For each Charter Article, it includes the official explanations of the Charter Articles, related European and national case law, and related provisions in national constitutional law as well as in international law. It also contains references to academic analysis and related FRA publications. The information is also available offline in our EU Charter App.

The original compilation was created by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee. Since 2009 it has been maintained and continuously expanded by the FRA.

The European and national case law is also accessible via the Case-Law Database.

Case-Law Database

Our new e-learning tool Charter e-guidance assists judges and other legal practitioners on the field of application of the Charter as laid down in Article 51.

268 results found

  • Temeljne pravice v času koronakrize z vidika prava EU
    Translated Title:
    Fundamental rights at the time of corona crisis from the perspective of EU law
    Author(s):
    Trstenjak, Verica
    Published in: Pravna praksa, Časopis za pravna vprašanja 39
    Year:
    2020
    Page numbers:
    1-8
  • Temeljne pravice v času koronakrize z vidika prava EU
    Translated Title:
    Fundamental rights at the time of corona crisis from the perspective of EU law
    Author(s):
    Trstenjak, Verica
    Published in: Pravna praksa, Časopis za pravna vprašanja 39
    Year:
    2020
    Page numbers:
    1-8
  • The Charter of Fundamental Rights: ‘All EU-r rights’ in 54 provisions
    Author(s):
    Toggenburg, G.
    Published in: Blog Series “All EU-r rights”
    Publisher:
    Blog EUreka!
    Year:
    2019
  • Le direttive in materia sociale e la Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea: un dialogo tra fonti per dilatare e razionalizzare (?) gli orizzonti dell’effetto diretto. Il caso della giurisprudenza “sulle ferie”
    Translated Title:
    The directives in the social field, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A dialogue between sources of law to widen and streamline (?) the scope of direct effect. Case law on “leave from work”
    Author(s):
    Condinanzi, M.
    Published in: Federalismi.it 10
    Year:
    2019
  • La relazione fra Carta dei Diritti Fondamentali dell’Unione Europea e direttive nelle controversie orizzontali
    Translated Title:
    The relationship between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and directives in disputes between private individuals
    Author(s):
    Rossi, L. S.
    Published in: Federalismi.it 10
    Year:
    2019
  • All EU-r rights - blog series
    Author(s):
    Toggenburg, G.
    Publisher:
    Blog EUreka!
    Year:
    2019
  • Local Authorities and the Burden of Safeguarding Human Rights
    Author(s):
    Vilela, N. M., Gomes, J. C.
    Published in: Lex Localis- Journal of Local Self-Government 17 3
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    837-852
  • Values in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights A Legal-Philosophical Analysis with a Focus on Migrants’ Rights
    Author(s):
    Facchi, A., Parolari, P., Riva, N. (2019)
    Year:
    2019
  • Constitutional Reasoning in the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights: In Search of Public Justification
    Author(s):
    Frantziou, E.
    Published in: European Public Law 25 2
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp 183-203
  • A Carta dos Direitos Fundamentais da União Europeia e o nível mais elevado de proteção
    Translated Title:
    The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the highest level of protection
    Author(s):
    - Monteiro, R. L.
    Year:
    2019
  • Prava građana zajamčena poveljom Europske unije o temeljnim pravima
    Translated Title:
    Citizens rights guaranteed by the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union
    Author(s):
    Stanić, V.
    Year:
    2019
  • Tien jaar EU-Grondrechtenhandvest in Nederland
    Translated Title:
    Ten years of EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Netherlands
    Author(s):
    Krommendijk, J., De Waele, H.C.F.J.A. and Zwaan, K.M.
    Year:
    2019
  • Happy 10th anniversary of the Charter!
    Published in: European Employment Law Cases 4 3
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    157
  • Fundamental Rights at the Heart of the Lisbon Treaty? Changes and Challenges 10 years on
    Author(s):
    Spaventa, E.
    Published in: Svenska institutet för europapolitiska studier
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp 90-105
  • The charter of fundamental rights of the European Union and the employment relation
    Author(s):
    Dorssemont, F., Lörcher, K., Clauwaert, S. and Schmitt, M.
    Year:
    2019
  • L’applicazione del Bill of Rights europeo tra bilanciamento asimmetrico e paradosso federale : il caso dreeeella privacy digitale
    Translated Title:
    The application of the European Bill of Rights between the asymmetric balancing and federal paradox: the case of digital privacy
    Author(s):
    Vanoni, L. P.
    Published in: DPCE online 39 2
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 1209-1250
  • European Union copyright law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights—Advocate General Szpunar's Opinions in (C-469/17) Funke Medien, (C-476/17) Pelham GmbH and (C-516/17) Spiegel Online
    Author(s):
    Griffiths, J.
    Published in: 20 1
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 35-50
  • Naar een nieuw fundament - hoe het Handvest het auteursrecht hervormt
    Translated Title:
    Towards a new basis – the way in which the Charter reforms copyright law
    Author(s):
    Kulk, S., and Teunissen, P.
    Published in: Tijdschrift voor Auteurs-, Media- & Informatierecht
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp.121-132
  • The Impact of EU Fundamental Rights on the Employment Relationship
    Author(s):
    O'Connor, N.
    Year:
    2019
  • Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the Charter of Fundamental Rights
    Author(s):
    Kenna, P., Simón‐Moreno, H.
    Published in: European Law Journal 25 6
    Year:
    2019

88 total results found